Ireland Advice

[Fire and Ash]

Hi guys, Ireland is always an interesting nations for me. The challenge that comes forming it and playing it, but I've noticed something odd. Without exception every Irish Minor will within the first opening days will,

a) Ally with Scotland.

b) Ally with another minor.

Seems odd to me, is this something that was introduced in the new DLC? Anyway, I feel I need a refresher in how to form Ireland and then expand. Any advice?

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Bring Scotland in on someone they aren't allied to, and stay in that war until you annex Scotland's allies. Offer France + Castile alliances on the same day (assuming Castile has rivaled England) so you can have both as allies, and use them + Scotland + tech lead to defeat England.

Colonization is optional.

 

[Zak Preston]

Start as Scotland, conquer Irish OPMs, wait for a right moment to strike England (War of the Roses may be bloody), take Dublin and any allied OPM left, relaease Wales and maybe Cornwall, vassalize them, feed some Scottish provinces at ADM-10 tech, shift culture to Irish and form Irish Nation with far superior Scottish Ideas. You can do the same as Brittany also.